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death_n	bring_v	sin_n	wage_n	4,080	5	11.1858	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56903	Hell open'd, or, The infernal sin of murther punished being a true relation of the poysoning of a whole family in Plymouth, whereof two died in a short time : for which horrid fact, the malefactors were condemned before the Lord Chief Justice North at Exector, the last Lent assizes, the one to be burnt, the other to be hanged : with an account of the several discourses and religious means used by divers godly ministers to bring them to repentance ... / by J.Q., Minister of the Gospel.	Quick, John, 1636-1706.	1676 (1676)	Wing Q207; ESTC R11200	63,192	112

they Plow the Rock they do her no good their labor of love is lost their Prayers return into their own bosoms The Relator having visited them several times while they were in the High Goal at Exon thought it convenient to subjoyn the substance and effect of his conferences with them Possibly it may not be displeasing unto his Reader Coming into the Prison early in the Morning he had the Four condemned Persons brought unto him and bespeaks them in these words Miscrable Souls I am heartily sorty to see you in this place and to find you in this Condition You are here Judged of man and you must die but what also if you are Condemned of God and must to Hell for ever You are Sinners are you not You are Guilty of those Crimes for which Sentence is past upon you Three had so much Ingenuity as with Weeping and Trembling to acknowledge it Alas Poor wretches you are weeping because you have offended man and brought your selves to destruction Ah! what a mercy would it be if you could weep unfeignedly for your offences against God and because you have lost his Image and favor which is the greatest Blessing and deserved his wrath and Curse which is the greatest misery What think you of Sin Is it as sweet and pleasing to you now you must die for it as when at first you did commit it Here they were silent and Confounded Ah! Now you see what it is not to believe God speaking to you from his Word and by his Ministers you were told that sin would bring sorrow and shame wrath and death sooner or later The Devil and your own corrupted heart rose up against this Discovery of his will and you made light and slight of it and what have you got by it All the Fruit of your sin is that you are ashamed of it and grieved for it its wages is the loss of Earth Life and Heaven and these you are expecting every moment Man hath cast you off for your sins you cannot stand before your earthly Judge And if God shall cast you out of his blessed presence for ever among the Devils and the Damned Spirits how would you be able to bear it They being somewhat moved he askt them How think you to escape the dreadful wrath of God What means have you to save your pretious Souls from Hell What First do you believe you have Souls to save a being in your Body that doth not that cannote die with your Bodies Do you believe there is a God and Devil a Heaven and Hell and that all the wicked shall be turned into Hell and that you all of you shall be flung into it for your sins against God At this they shrugd up their shoulders and had nothing to answer but their Repentance Your Repentance said I what is that Why our sorrow for our sins we would not commit them again if they were now undone Yea indeed so you say and possibly think you would not but you do not know the wickedness and deceitfulness of your own hearts if you were now as heretofore and under the same temptations I know nothing to the contrary but that you would be Guilty of the same transgressions of as bad or worse Besides suppose your Repentance were true and real what amends is that unto God for the manifold dishonors you have done him You have broken every command of God you are Guilty of innumerable sins your very birth and nature is horribly corrupted and all your life long you have been Rebels against God and you think to put off Gods wrath with your pittiful Repentance a late Repentance and it may be no other than the very Reprobates have that are now in Hell Is this all the satisfaction you can make to God They knew no other Then it was told them that God was a great and terrible God that would not put up the affronts and wrongs had been done him without satisfaction that he would by no means acquit the Guilty That they had sinned and must die eternally and if ever they were redeemed from Eternal wrath they must make God full a mends and bring him a Ransome and if they had none nor knew where it was to be had they must expect as soon as they died to be damned for ever I asked of them in particular who or what Jesus Christ was and what it was he had done for them To which there was this answer made they could not tell None that knows a Goal will conceive this a Fable Hardly any but Atheists and the most ignorant wretches in the whole County are clapt up there and for one sin they brought with them into it they carry away Cart-loads out of it Our County Prisons being the Common Sinks of the Country and a Shop wherein all impiety is soonest learned and attained Their ignorance of Christ his Person Natures Offices and Undertakings for poor Souls made me to aggravate their wickedness and to tell them they had wretchedly mispent their time and that now they were going out of the World they must learn the Principles of Christian Religion and I questioned whether they had any Repentance that was pleasing unto God for they had no Faith nor knowledge even of the most necessary Truths without which they could not be saved And for my part I must not flatter you you are nearer Hell than Heaven Upon this there was a discourse made of Christ adapted to their capacities as also of his wonderful love and condescension in becoming man and dying for sinners and satisfying the Justice of God and holding forth his death as the price of Redemption unto all Penitent believers and that this was now offered unto them upon these terms of confessing and abhorring their sins and themselves for their sins and that if they came to God with a sence and feeling of the insupportable burden of the horrid nature and infinite number of their sins and threw themselves at his feet prostrate before him imploring his mercy for the passion of his dear Son the Lord would be merciful to them and he would not cast them off but would pardon and forgive their hainous and grievous offences In the close of this conference Master Holmes Chaplain to the High Sheriff came into the Chamber and after some words with the Malefactors we joyntly parted the Prisoners I withdrawing into another Room with the Nurse and Maid and having pressed them to a free ingenious confession of their Guilt the Girl with tears in her eyes gave me for substance the same confession and not varying in a circumstance from that which at her first apprehension she had made unto the Major and Justice of Plymouth I adjured her in the name of the All-seeing and heart-searching God who hated a Lye and would cast all Lyars into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone for ever to declare nothing but the Truth That she had sinned enough already and had been Guilty of two

and rests upon it and trusts unto it that Jesus Christ came into the World to save sinners Of whom she is chief Thou art willing that all should be saved Therefore thou art willing she should be saved also Thou hast put these words into her mouth and into our mouths for her That if Jesus Christ hath not merits enough to save her she and we also will be contented that she should be Damned for ever But Blessed be our God! The merits of our Saviour are Infinite Oh! Lord make application of them unto her poor Soul Oh! Take away for Christs sake all her sins Blot out her iniquities at a Cloud and her Transgressions as a thick Cloud Though her sins have abounded unto her Condemnation yet let thy grace much more infinitely more abound unto her justification Enter not into judgment with her Oh Lord Deliver her from blood guiltiness Oh God thou God of her salvation And her Tongue and our mouths shall sing aloud of Christs Righteousness and of thy Faithfulness Oh take away whatsoever may hinder the Communications of thy Love favor and salvation unto her Purge sin out of her Give a broken contrite and truly Peritent heart unto her She is Mourning for her sin and misery Oh wash her in the blood of the Lamb in that Fountain opined for sin and for Uncleannesses in the lavor of Regeneration Oh sanctifie and renew her by thy Holy Spirit Take away all the spots and blots of her sin Though she be defiled and deformed with innumerable and those the most abominable yet canst thou rense and cleanse her in a moment No unclean thing shall enter into thy Kingdom Without Holiness none can see the Lord. Now the Lord Sanctifie her throughout in her whole Soul Body and Spirit And though she hath been by the wiles of the Devil cheated of her life and is now to suffer Justly for her evil deeds give her to bear patiently the indignation of her God because she hath sinned against thee and to accept of the punishment of her iniquity Though she must burn in Temporal flames yet let her not burn in Everlasting flames Oh Let the streams of Christs blood quench out the flames of thy wrath Though she die in Earth Lord Save her from Hell Oh Give her Faith the Faith of Gods elect And the Lord strengthen her Faith Oh Confirm her hope Oh Give her to abound in hope through thy Holy Ghost given to her Oh Grant that Faith Hope and patience may have their perfect work in her Give in some token some pledge of thy good will unto her if it be thy good pleasure Oh revive support and comfort her drooping Spirits Though she be in the Valley and shaddow of death do not forsake her Oh do not forsake her Say unto her thou art her Salvation Tell her that after she hath suffered a little while she shall be with thy self in Heaven perfect with thee in Glory Say unto her as unto the Thief upon the Cross this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise Oh keep off Satan from her He is never more busie ●han when thy poor Worms are weakest and least able to defend themselves from him Lord Jesu Fight for her against him Keep her pretious and immortal Soul from him Oh Be with her now in these her last agonies Give thy Holy Angels to wait upon her and in that very moment that her Soul shall go out of her Body let those Glorious Angels carry it into Abrahams bosome Into thy hands do we commend her Into thy hands doth she commit her Spirit Dear Jesu Save it For thou hast loved redeemed and died for it And now Lord though earth will loose a bloody Sinner yet let Heaven be augmented by one saint more O Look down from Heaven the Habitation of thy Holiness and Glory upon this numerous Assembly Oh let them not be idle Spectators of these dreadful Providences Oh That they may be Ordinances for this good for their Conversion and Reformation Oh That every Soul that is gazing here may smite upon his Breast and lament that Universal corruption which is in our nature and the woful effects of our sin Sin having once conceived bringeth forth death We have the root of the matter in us the very causes of those sins for which these Malefactors suffer had we the same temptations we might be Guilty of the like transgressions And were it not for the Cords and Curbs of thy Restraining Grace we should be in their Condition Blessed be God we are not 'T is thou only that hast made us to differ Oh That all Masters of Families Parents of Children would see that they in their own Persons and with their Families do serve the Lord Oh Let there be no ' Prayerless Families no uncatechized Children in this Place Look once more we pray thee with mercy upon this thy poor Creature She is very low very miserable yearn upon her with bowels of compassion and embrace her with arms of everlasting lave Be her God and her Guide unto death and her Saviour from everlasting death And all we beg in and for the sake of our dearest Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who sits on the Right hand making intercession for her and for us Hear us for his sake and gratiously answer us and do abundantly for her and us beyond what we can ask or think To him with thy self Holy Father and Eternal Spirit be Everlasting Glory Dominion Praise and Thanksgiving Amen Prayer being ended I lifted up my hands over her and said Anne the Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his Face to shine upon thee and be gracious to thee The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon thee and give thee Peace And if thy Repentance be true and thy peace made with God and our Prayers heard as I hope they all are death wont be terrible unto thee Now Farewel Life welcome Death God will send his Holy Angels in a Fiery Chariot to Convey thy Soul into Heaven THis poor wretch weeping and wringing me by the hand Sir saith she I am never able to requite you for all your labor of love care and pains about the Salvation of my pretious Soul but the Lord. will I hope The Lord reward you The Lord recompense you for all these kindnesses I thank you with all my Heart And as I was departing from her she helpake me Sir pray intreat for me that I may not be put to too much torture I answered her in broken words and tears for few there refrained That I would do my utmost endeavor to prevent it And turning my self to the Gentlemen in Authority Gentlemen the English temper abhors Cruelty show same Bowels to this poor Creature I need not intreat it there was such a Clowd of grief sitting upon all their Faces and so much tenderness and companion that they would have done their utmost to have hindred it Two went to the Maid and

and Mother were taken exceeding Sick of which her said Mother died the next day after And this Examinant doth verily believe in her Conscience that the said Anne Evans with the contrivance of Philip the Wife of Richard Cary who also lived in the said Master Weeks his House did put Poyson in the said Pottage and so poysoned her said Mother whereof she died and also poysoned her said Father and this Examinant And this Examinant doth also believe that the said Richard Cary who fetched his Diet in the said house had also some hand in the said contrivance Signum praedictae Mariae Pengelley The Examination of William Weeks of Plymouth aforesaid Dyer on his Corporal Oath before the said Coronor the Thirtieth day of August 1675. THe said Examinant saith that there have been often several differences between Elizabeth the Examinants Wife and Anne Evans his Apprentice and Philip the Wife of Richard Cary his Servant and that yesterday was Sevennight last about Noon the said Anne Evans took up a Dish of Pottage and gave the same to this Examinants Wife who did eat up most part of the Broth but did eat up little or nothing of the Bread she not liking the same and one looking into the Dish this Examinant found some Yellow Gravel and by what this Examinant doth understand since he verily believes that it was Yellow Arsenick And he demanding what it was there was no one there would or could make any discovery And presently afterwards the said Anne Evans took up some more Pottage in the said Dish to the Bread which his Wife had left a●d he did eat up the Broth thereof and some of the said Gravel which crushed in his Teeth but did not eat any of the Flesh which was boiled in the said Pottage for that it did look black And presently after Mary Pengelley Widow this Examinants Daughter did eat some of the same Pottage and all Three were presently taken very Sick by great Swellings and Vomitings and that his said Wife continued so till the next day and died And this Examinant doth verily believe in his Conscience that the said Anne Evans together with the said Philip Cary did wittingly and willingly put Arsenick into the said Pottage and so poysoned his said Wife whereof she died And this Examinant also doth verily believe in his Conscience that the said Anne Evans and Philip Cary did by the same means and procurement as aforesaid Poyson this Examinant and the said Mary Pengelley And he doth also verily believe that the said Richard Cary was privy and had a hand therein Per me William Weeks The Examination of Philip Sendy of Plymouth aforesaid Widow taken before the said Coronor on her Corporal Oath the Two and twentieth day of September Anno Domini 1675. THe said Examinant saith that the day on which Mistris Elizabeth Weeks was Buried Philip the Wife of Richard Cary being then in Plymouth Prison on Suspition for poysoning of the said Mistris Weeks she the said Philip sent for this Examinant to whom this Examinant went and spoke with her and demanded of her what she would have who made answer that this Examinant should remember her Service to her Master and Mistris and to tell them that she was troubled that she had not acquainted her what she meaning as this Examinant believeth one Anne Evans had an intent to do the Saturday was Seven-night before Signum praedictae P Philip Sendy The Examination of Joane the Wife of Richard Scannel of Plymouth aforesaid Cooper taken before the said Coronor on her Corporal Oath the day and year last mentioned THe said Examinant saith that the Munday Evening that Elizabeth the Wife of William Weeks died being the Three and twentieth day of August last this Examinant coming into the Kitchin of the said Master Weeks where was Anne Evans Richard Cary and Philip his wife unto whom this Examinant spoke that it was very sad there should be so many Sick upon which the said Anne Evans said that she was forry for her Mistris meaning Mary Pengelley but was glad that the Old Devil was gone meaning that the said Mistris Weeks was dead and said that she would sing the day that she was Buried but would not lye one night in the house after she was Buried for that she was sure she would appear again as a Spirit and that the Devil had been a long time building of a Pallace for her and that the yesterday before he had laid the last Stone and that that very day he placed her in All which was spoken by the said Anne Evans in the presence and hearing of the said Richard Cary and Philip his wife and although this Examinant did blame the said Anne Evans yet they nor either of them did any way reprove the said Anne Evans for what she did say Joane Scannel The Examination of Joane the Wise of William How of Plymouth aforesaid Beer-Brewer taken before the said Coronor on her Corporal Oath the day and year last mentioned THe said Examinant saith that the very day that Elizabeth the wife of William Weeks Dyer died being the Three and twentieth day of August last past this Examinant being at the house of the said William Weeks and discoursing with Philip the wife of Richard Cary the said Philip Cary went away from this Examinant and said Oh that she should ever go out the Saturday before to the best of this Examinants remembrance to ruine this Family meaning the said Master Weeks his Family Joane How The Examination of Arabella the Wife of Thomas Moore of Plymouth aforesaid Merchant taken before the said Coronor on her Corporal Oath the day and year last mentioned THe said Examinant saith that the day that Elizabeth the wife of William Weeks died or the day after she being at the house of the said William Weeks Philip the wife of Richard Cary wept and wrung her hands and said to this Examinant Oh Mistris Moore that ever she should go out of Doors to ruine this Family Meaning the said Master Weeks his Family Arabella Moore Marian Cook worthy of Plymouth Spinster being then sworn deposeth the same The Examination of Philip the Wise of Richard Cary of Plymouth aforesaid Husbandman taken before the said Coronor the day and year aforesaid last mentioned THe said Examinant being demanded whether she were a Servant at Wages to Mary Pengelley late of Plymouth aforesaid Widow deceased at the time of the death of Elizabeth the wife of William Weeks she saith that she was then a Servant to the said Mistris Pengelley at Wages and continued in the same Service until she was committed to Prison she also saith that when she was a Nurse unto the said Mistris Pengelley she had Three Pound and Ten Shillings per annum and that the same was continued to her ever since and she believeth that there is Money now due to her Signum praedictae Philip † Cary. THe Witnesses having been Examined their Depositions